Separator



May 17, 1932. "r. RAY ET AL 1,858,842

SEPARATOR Original Filed Jan. 18, 1928 QZQM C3 76 30 I we flair 14255:

Patented May 17, 1932 THOMAS'RAY AND Josnn'aa. BAYQOFMANISTEE, iaIcHIeAN "SEPARATOR Original application filed January 18,1928, Serial No. i929. Serial Our'invention has to do with separators and relates more particularly to such devices which are especially adapted for use in conjunction with evaporating systems.

An object of our invention is to provide a device of the type referred to which is adapt.

ed to receive moist vapor from a heater or evaporator and to separate the entrained moisture from such vapor, directing the va-- por and separated moisture into separate channels.

Another object is to provide such a device which will be simple in construction, inen pensive to manufacture, highly efficient and durable.

Other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described will be obvious to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein given.

To this end our invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings forming a part of this specification and illustrating a preferred embodiment of our invention Fig.1 is a vertical sectional View taken through a device embodying our invention with a portion of a heater shown fragmen tarily; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken substan tially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The separator indicated generally at 10 comprises a lower casing 12 and an upper casing 13, both of these casings being substantially cylindrical and secured together by means of annular flanges 15. The lower casing 12 has an outstanding annular flange 16 which serves to connect this casing with aheating device .18. The heating'device 18 may be of any suitable type but is preferably of a type such as is described and claimed in our copending application Serial No. 374,552, filed June 28, 1929. A plate 20 disposed between the heater 18 and the casing 12 re ceives a pluralityof tubes 21, and provides communicationbetween such tubes and the separator 10. l 1

The upper casing 13 is flanged as at 23, so

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as to'seat a cover 25 which is preferably'circu V lar, with an annular fi'ange- 26 adapted to make a fluid ti'ght'engageme'nt with the flange 23, and may be removable. The two casing members 12 and 13' are apertured 'on'their sides, as at 27 and 28, respectively, and have suitable outlet members 30 and '31 adapted to communicate with suitable conduits. Ar-

ranged'within the upper casing 13 is a vapor bonnet 35 which is formed out'of sheet-material and is frusto-conical inform, conver'g ing towards its upper extremity. This .bon-

cutaway portion being preferably on the side .of thebonnet oppositethe opening 28 in the casing member 13 and maybe ofanysuitable extent, though preferably extending through substantially the semiperiphery of the honnet. Except for. thecutaway portion 40, the

bonnet extends upwardly to cover member 25', as at 11.

and meets the The operation of he device is substantialfollows: Assuming that a liquid has been forced upunder considerable pressure throughfthe heating member indicated fragmentarily at 18,; having passed ,upwardly through. the tubes 21 which are'surrounded by steannfltheliquid .will is'sue from the'tube into the lowercasing member12 of'the sepaj- I rator 1O in the form of a wet vapor, f The vaporfan d entrained liquid will tend tospurt upwardly against the inner wall of the vapor bonnet 35 and,[ as a result of its impinging againstthis surface, much of the entrained; liquid will be separated. Further separation will occur .as the vapor passes through the .openingiOin the bonnet. and'is forced to change its direction in order to reach the outlet 28. It will be readily-apparent that, as I the moist vapor impinges against the edges oft-he walls offthe bonnet member 35 around the openin 40, much of the entrained inoisture will be dropped. somen oisture c01- lects on. the inner wall of the upper casing 13 and on the outer wall of the vapor bonnet and flows downward and returns to the lower casing 12 through the space provided between the lower edge 38 of the bonnet and the inner 'wall of casing 13. Hence liquid may easily flow from the lower casing 12 through the outlet member 30 to any convenient point while the vapor, which has been effectually separated from entrained moisture, maybe drawn out through the outlet member 31 to a condenser or other suitable apparatus.

This application represents a division of our copending application Serial No. 247,542, filed January 18, 1928. 7

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In. a device of the class described, a casing. member having an inlet opening for the introduction of moist vapor, a steam outlet opening adjacent the upper portion thereof and out of the direct path of such vapor, and a liquid. outlet opening adjacent the lower portion thereof, and a bafile disposed between the. steam and liquidoutlet and. opposite said inlet open-ing whereby such vapor may impinge thereagainst.

2:. In a device of the class described, a casing having an openingv for the introduction of moist vapor, a vapor outlet adjacent the upper portion thereof out of the direct path of vapor, a liquid outlet adjacent the lower portion thereof, and a frusto-conical baffle member disposed within said casing and dividin said easing into upper and lower chain ers, said 'baflie member having its walls converging in the direction ofrfiow f the moist vapor from said inletopening, and

- spaced throughout substantially its entire extent from the inner wall of said casing to permitthe flow of fluid therebetween and from one chamber torthe other.

3. In a device of the class described, a casing having an opening for the introduction of moist vapor, a vapor outlet adjacent the upper portion thereof out of the direct path of vapor, a liquid outlet adjacent the lower portion. thereof, and a frusto-conical baffle member arranged adjacent one end of said casing and disposedentirely within said casing having its walls converging in the direction of flow of the moist vapor from said inl-et opening. and. spaced throughout substan tially its. entire extent from the inner wall of said casing to permit the flow of fluid and cscape of liquid. from between said casing and said bafile member into another portion of the casing, said .baffle havlng an opening in the por outlet.

portion thereof, and a frusto-conical baffle member arranged at one end of said casing disposed coaxially with the casing within said casing having its walls converging in the direction of flow of the moist vapor from said inlet opening, and spaced throughout substantially its entire extent from the inner wall of said casing to permit the flow of fluid from betweensaid casing and said bafile member into another portion of said casing, said baffle having an opening in the wall thereof disposed opposite the side of said va- In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names this 29th day of May A 1)., 1929.

THOMAS RAY.

JOSHUA R... RAY.

wall thereof,so disposed as to require vapor of vapor, a liquid outlet adjacent the lower 

